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Clean water and shade for El Paso: restoring the Cedar riverbank

Help us clean and replant the Cedar riverbank before the November planting window closes.

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Fernando R. Acosta
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El Paso
The Cedar riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 35 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 61 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the district council, including native species selected by a local botanist. The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade. All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $2,850 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,350 • Tools and protective gear: $640 • Waste removal and skip hire: $690 • Signage and educational materials: $170 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people. - Fernando

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  • Yoko Fumiko Kojima 🇯🇵 · $100
  • Douglas D. Moreno 🇺🇸 · $5

    “Good luck. Hope the November deadline works out. - Dallas”

  • Henry Munoz 🇨🇦 · $10
  • Tania Rahima Sheikh 🇧🇩 · $25

    “Happy to help. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Rajshahi”

  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $5

    “Blessings. Hope the November deadline works out. - Veracruz”

  • Kaito Ogawa 🇯🇵 · $5

    “Hope it all works out. From Sapporo with love. - Sapporo”

  • Gabriela Graciela Orozco 🇲🇽 · $100
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  • Kiara R. Bajpai 🇺🇸 · $25

    “All the best. Thought of Fernando all day after reading this. - Fresno”

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  • Emilia Matei 🇷🇴 · $100

    “Keep your head up. Small amount but sent with love. - Timișoara”

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  • Praying for you, Fernando. More neighborhoods should do this. Blessings.

    • Stay strong. Great idea, hope you get there. My neighbor in Charlotte donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of El Paso.

      • rooting for you, Fernando. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings

        • Wishing you peace, Fernando. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Augusta but we're thinking of you.

          • Thinking of you and your family, Fernando. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Thinking of El Paso!

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